Mahila Battalions

CRPF is the only Para Military Force in the Country which have 06 Mahila (Ladies) Battalions. After its training in March 1987, 88(M) Bn won laurels for its work assisting the Meerut riots and later with the IPKF in Srilanka. Personnel of second Mahila battalion
(135 Bn) performed creditably during the Lok Sabha elections 1996 in many states. At present mahila personnel are deployed in active duty in Jammu & Kashmir, Ayodhya, Manipur, Assam and other parts of the country where they are doing commendable job. In addition
each RAF battalion has a Mahila (Ladies) component consisting of 96 personnel.

With increasing participation of women in politics, agitation and crime, policemen have been feeling handicapped in handling women agitations especially because even a small, real or alleged misdemeanour on their part in dealing with any matter related to
women has the potential of turning into a serious law & order problem. To cope with such eventualities the first Mahila Bn in CRPF, the 88(M) Bn was created in 1986 with HQR in Delhi. The successful experiment of the 88 (Mahila) Bn and the ever increasing
requirement of a Mahila component in dealing with emerging law and order situation as well as the Government emphasis to empower the women Department had taken a of raising the second and third Mahila Bn i.e the 135 (M) Bn with HQR at Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
in 1995 and the 213 Bn with HQR at Nagpur(Maharastra) in 2011.

Further to augment above concept a new CRPF Mahila Bn. i.e. the 232(M) Bn is also being raised at Ajmer 2014-15. 02 more Mahila Bns were raised during 2015-16 & 2016-17 respectively.

The Mahila Bn. celebrated it’s Silver Jubilee this year. H.E. The President of India, Smt. Pratibha D. Patil took salute of the parade. Smt. Meira Kumar, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha honoured the achievers of the unit which included Padamsri Ms. Kunja Rani
Devi and the gallantry medalists. Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Communications released "First Day Cover”. A Coffee Table Book was also released by Shri P. Chidambaram, Hon’ble Home Minister. Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson NAC presented a trophy to
the 88 ( Mahila ) Battalion.

MINE BLAST IN SRILANKA AT PALAH A CONVEY OF VEHICLES CARRYING THE COMDT-88 BN AND OTHER SUFFERED MINE BLAST NEAR (PALAH), AS A RESULT NO- 800655293 CT DIGAMBER DUTT OF THIS UNIT SUSTAINED INJURY AT THE RIGHT ELBOW .

AT ABOUT 1730 HRS NO. 900880625 CT/M REKHA KUSHWAHA OF B/88 DIED ON THE SPOT DUE TO MILITANTS FIRING NEAR ABTAMALOO BUS STAND (SNR) WHEN MILITANT FIRED AT THE IN WHICH SHE WAS TRAVELLING AFTER PERFORMING L/O DUTY.

AWARDED GALLANTRY MEDAL

16/01/2001

SRINAGAR

CT/M BINDU KUMRE OF D/88 KILLED IN FIRING AT SNR AIRPORT ON 16/01/2001, NO.860883093 HC/GD JAYANTI PRAYAG AND NO. 95330226 CT/M ANJALI KUMARI INJURED AT SAME PLACE ON 16/01/2001

AWARDED GALLANTRY MEDAL

26/03/2001

SRINAGAR

AT ABOUT 1730 HRS TWO MILITANT OF LET ENTERED IN MALE LINE OF DETT/88 AT SNR AND OPENED FIRE. IN ATTACK NO. 751290939 HC/GD ABDUL QUYOOM, NO. 88006040402 CT/M PHOOL PATI OF B/88, NO. 680375028 CT/GD GULAM HYDER OF F/88 AND NO. 9433341341 CT/DVR (SECTOR)
WASIR SINGH WERE KILLED ON THE SPOT. NO 700200408 HC/GD KARAN SINGH GOT FRACTURE IN HIS LEG 01 MILITANT KILLED BY NO 750070356 HC/GD RAJ MANGAL SINGH AND TWO A.K -47 RIFLE ,11 MAGAZINE ,141 LIVING AMN AND 520 CASH CORE HAND GRENADE RECOVERED FROM THE MILITANT

13/12/01

DELHI

NO. 943040119 CT/M KAMLESH KUMARA OF B/88 KILLED AT IRON GATE OF P/HOUSE DURING FIDAYEEN ATTACK AT ABOUT 1140 ON 13/12/2001

AWARDED THE HIGHEST GALLANTRY AWARD "ASHOK CHAKRA " BY HONORABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON THE 53TH REPUBLIC DAY

JAN 2007

LIBERIA

CONSEQUENT ON SELECTION AND DETAILED IN FFPU MEMBER SI-01, HC-01, CT-15, TOTAL -17 PERSONNEL DEPLOYED IN LIBERIA UNDER NATION MISSION (UNMIL)

AS SPECIAL CASE 02 COY OF 88 BN DETAIL FOR CWG - 2010 AND PERFORM THE DUTIES IN COMMON WEALTH GAMES.

08/03/2011

TO COMMEMORATE THE SILVER JUBLEE OF 88 MAHILA BN AND IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD AT THE CRPF PARADE GROUND, JHARODA KALAN, ON 08/03/2011. THE CHIEF GUEST SMT. PRATIBH DEVI SINGH PATIL HONORABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE
INDIAN ARMED FORCE. ON THE SAME AFTERNOON A SPECIAL FUNCTION WAS HELD AT SHOURYA. THE HONORABLE SPEAKER LOK SHBHA MS. MEERA KUMAR APPRECIATED OUR ACHIEVERS SH. KAPIL SIBAL MINISTER OF COMM. RELEASED THE SPECIAL COVER ON 88 BN MR. P. CHIDAMBARAM, MINISTER OF
HOME AFFAIRS RELEASED THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK WHILE MS. SONIA GANDHI , CHAIRPERSON NAC PRESENTED A TROPHY TO THE UNIT TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF WOMAN

ACHIEVEMENT IN GAMES /SPORT

DATE

PLACE

ACHIEVEMENT

REMARKS

27/04/1985

NEW DELHI

FOLLOWING M/RECRUITS OF THE UNIT PARTICIPATED IN MID DAY CROSS COUNTRY RACE ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL STADIUM

SITA KESHAV

SARLA KUMARA

MANJU MISHRA

YASHWAMI

M/RECRUIT SITA KESHAV WAS THE THIRD AMONG WOMEN TO REACH THE FINISH POINT 3 OTHERS ALSO COMPLETED THE RACE INDIVIDUALLY SHOWING GOOD PROMISE FOR FUTURE THE TEAM WAS ADJUDGED AS IIIRD

19/11/1986

ALLAHABAD

FOLLOWING MAHILA RECRUITS PARTICIPATE IN INDIA MEMORIAL HALF MARATHON (21KM) RACE HELD AT M.M.M STADIUM ALLAHABAD ON 19/11/1986 AND SECURED POSITION NOTED AGAINST EACH:-

SITA KESHAV-20TH

SURESH DAGAR- 21ST

ANITA BISHT – 22ND

20/01/1987

NEW DELHI

INDIAN OPEN RATH MERATHAN (42 KMS) WAS HELD IN DELHI (NEHRU STADIUM) ON 21/12/1986 NO. 860885675 CT/M SITA KESHAV OF A/88 STORED IIIRD POSITION. ONE BRONZE MEDAL” A TROPHY APART FROM GIFTS LIKE TRACK SUIT ETC WERE AWARDED TO HER. SHE HAS PROMOTED AS L/NK
IN 10% UNQUALIFIED QUOTA AND A CASH REWARD OF RS. 500/- WAS ALSO SANCTION TO HER

23/07/1987

NEW DELHI

FOR BRINGING CONSIDERABLY PRICEWORTHY POSITIONS IN ALL INDIA POLICE GAMES-1987 HELD AT MADHUBAN (HARYANA) FORM 1/2/1987 TO 8/2/1987 EIGHT (8) MAHILA PARTICIPANTS OF UNIT AWARDED A CASH REWARD OF RS. 530/- BY IGP (HQRS) CRPF

20/12/1987

KERLA

OUR MAHILA JUDO TEAM PARTICIPATED IN IIND NATIONAL GAMES AT CALLCUT (KERLA) AND BAGGED FOLLOWING MDEALS

CT/ KRISHNA KUMARA – SILVER

SI SUDHA SHERMA – BRONZE

NK KOMAL JEET – BRONZE

CT PRATIBHA GIRI – BORNZE

04/02/1989

INDORE

JUDO TEAM OF THIS BN PARTICIPATED IN 11TH WOMEN SENIOR NATINAL JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP BEING HELD AT INDORE (MP) W.E.F 1/2/0989 TO 4/2/1989 FOLLOWING JUDOKAS OF THIS UNIT OBTAINED POSITION AS NOTED AGAINST EACH THEY HAVE BEEN SUITABLY REWARDED FOR THEIR PRAISE
WORTH PERFORMANCE.

860885211 L/NK TH. MEMA DEVI – 3RD

860882603 CT BASHIRA BEGUM

05/02/1989 TO 12/02/1989

NEW DELHI

ALL INDIA POLICE GAMES 1989 WAS HELD AT NEW/DELHI UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND ARRANGEMENT CISF. MAHILA TEAM OF CRPF GOT SECOND POSITION BY SECURING POINTS.